Playing along with the SBS game show Letters and Numbers.
PONDERS MAILED5*(100+3)-4=511 CEASESBOATER(4+1)*(75-1)=370 PETTIER(5*4+4)*25-10-8=582 (5 off) x
pondersmailed*failed*ceasescleat(75*4)+((6+1)*10)=370pirate*failed*target
Welcome, Wendy -- always nice to have a new face (as it were). Just a quick note -- the last round is the "conundrum", where the letters always form a nine-letter word and the goal is simply to find that word, rather than to find a longest word.1. POUNDERS (also UNPROVED)2. HAEMOID3. 511 = 5*(100 + 4) - 94. CEASES5. BOATRACE6. 370 = (4 + 1)*(75 - 1)7. PETTIER8. 576 = (10 + 8 + 5)*25 + 4/4 [1 off]9. [N/A -- chosen, but the answer is GRAVITATE]Round 8 is solvable; there are three solutions, of which I'll just mention 577 = (4*10 + 25)*(5 + 4) - 8.
Thanks for the welcome and the heads up Geoff, I hadn't twigged to that but I should have of course as it follows the show's format. duh!
Round 1: UnprovedRound 2: DilemmaRound 3: ((100+3)*5)-4=511Round 4: CeasesRound 5: BloaterRound 6: (75-1)*(4+1)=370Round 7: PettierRound 8: ((25*4)*5)+((8*10)-4)=576 (1 away) Round 9: Gravitate (Total time : 3.1 seconds)
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PONDERS
MAILED
5*(100+3)-4=511
CEASES
BOATER
(4+1)*(75-1)=370
PETTIER
(5*4+4)*25-10-8=582 (5 off)
x
ponders
mailed
*failed*
ceases
cleat
(75*4)+((6+1)*10)=370
pirate
*failed*
target
Welcome, Wendy -- always nice to have a new face (as it were). Just a quick note -- the last round is the "conundrum", where the letters always form a nine-letter word and the goal is simply to find that word, rather than to find a longest word.
1. POUNDERS (also UNPROVED)
2. HAEMOID
3. 511 = 5*(100 + 4) - 9
4. CEASES
5. BOATRACE
6. 370 = (4 + 1)*(75 - 1)
7. PETTIER
8. 576 = (10 + 8 + 5)*25 + 4/4 [1 off]
9. [N/A -- chosen, but the answer is GRAVITATE]
Round 8 is solvable; there are three solutions, of which I'll just mention 577 = (4*10 + 25)*(5 + 4) - 8.
Thanks for the welcome and the heads up Geoff, I hadn't twigged to that but I should have of course as it follows the show's format. duh!
Round 1: Unproved
Round 2: Dilemma
Round 3: ((100+3)*5)-4=511
Round 4: Ceases
Round 5: Bloater
Round 6: (75-1)*(4+1)=370
Round 7: Pettier
Round 8: ((25*4)*5)+((8*10)-4)=576 (1 away)
Round 9: Gravitate (Total time : 3.1 seconds)
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